Editing Lake County, Indiana (section)

===2008 presidential primary===
In the [[Indiana Democratic primary, 2008|2008 Democratic presidential primary]] on May 6, 2008, Lake County was one of the last counties to report results.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/06/awaiting-one-county/ | work=CNN | title=Awaiting one county | access-date=May 7, 2010 | date=May 6, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119220313/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/06/awaiting-one-county/ | archive-date=November 19, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Lake County had reported no results at 11 p.m. [[Eastern Time|ET]],<ref name="Yahoo">[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/primary_lake_county;_ylt=AlM5ecPVe3b188Lss2jVzQ1h24cA Indiana's Lake County has tradition of late vote tallies] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and at midnight ET, only 28% of Lake County's vote had been reported.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/primaries.change/index.html|title=Clinton's Indiana win keeps Democratic race alive - CNN.com|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=September 5, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506225005/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/primaries.change/index.html|archive-date=May 6, 2008}}</ref> A large number of absentee ballots and a record turnout delayed the tallies, and polls closed an hour later than much of the state because Lake County is in the [[Central Time Zone]].<ref name="Yahoo"/> Early returns showed Senator Barack Obama leading by a potentially lead-changing margin, leaving the race between Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] and Obama "too close to call" until final tallies were reported.

'''Crime'''

The NWI Times reported that over 800 registered sex offenders live in Lake and Porter Counties of Indiana in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/gallery-registered-sex-offenders-in-valparaiso/collection_90da9614-7fad-5e2b-832a-e6215743d1c0.html|title=GALLERY: Registered sex offenders in Valparaiso}}</ref>